Hydromorphone, also known as dihydromorphinone, and sold under the brand name Dilaudid among others, is an opioid used to treat moderate to severe pain. Typically, long-term use is only recommended for pain due to cancer. It may be used by mouth or by injection into a vein, muscle, or under the skin. Effects generally begin within half an hour and last for up to five hours.
What is the Dilaudid Hydromorphone drug?
Dilaudid is a brand name for hydromorphone which is a painkiller drug belonging to the opioid class of drugs. It was first created in Germany in the year 1922 and it was sold under the name of Dilaudid in the year 1926. Dilaudid or hydromorphone is created from morphine and like morphine, it is a central nervous acting drug having suppressing effects on the parts of the brain which reacts to the sensation of pain. Hydromorphone is created in such a way that its activity is eight times greater than that of morphine. Hydromorphone is also known by different trade names such as dihydromorphinone, contin, and hydromorph.
The chemical name for Dilaudid-hydromorphone is ‘4, 5-α-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one’ while the molecular formula of the drug is ‘C17H19NO3’. The molecular formula of hydromorphone is 285.3 g/mol. On administration of a dosage amount of the drug, the effects are expected to last for around 2 – 3 hours after which the effects start to wear off. The modes of administration for the hydromorphone morphine medicine are numerous such as oral, rectal, sublingual, transdermal and intramuscular.
Hydromorphone exists in white crystalline or powder form and the salt of the drug is soluble in water. Hydromorphone or Dilaudid is highly addictive in nature and an addiction to the drug builds up with continuous use.
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